OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221741531

SOUTHERN GUARD SERVICES, INC

RACELAND, LA— 2025-02-08T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Ditch, Driver, Driving, Ejected, Golf Cart, Ground, Metal Pipe, Motor Vehicle, Pinned, Pipe, Security Guard, Slope, Sloping, Struck By, Unstable Position, Unstable Surface, Work Surface, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 561612
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #348033903
Employer profile: SOUTHERN GUARD SERVICES, INC
Summary number: 221741531
Report ID: 0625700

Event description

Employee is fatally injured when driving golf cart into ditc

Investigation abstract

At 5:00 p.m. on February 8, 2025, Employee #1 was working for a security services company and was driving a golf cart making rounds throughout a facility when he rolled into an approximately 13 foot-wide by 4 foot deep ditch. Employee #1 sustained fatal injuries after he was ejected from the cart and pinned between the cart and ground.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 77 M

Event type
1

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